| French National Assembly circonscription |
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| Deputy | none yet - |
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| Department | none (overseas residents) | |
| Canton | none | |
| Population (2011) | 116,196 | |
The Fifth constituency for French residents overseas (cinquième circonscription des Français établis hors de France) is one of eleven constituencies each electing one representative of French citizens overseas to the French National Assembly.
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This constituency covers four countries: Portugal, Spain, Andorra and Monaco. As of New Year's Day 2011, it contained 116,196 registered French voters. The bulk of these, 89,391, were living in Spain, while 15,049 were living in Portugal, 8,302 in Monaco (a microstate which has a border only with France), and 3,454 in Andorra (a microstate, between Spain and France, of which the President of France is ex officio Co-Prince).[1] [2] [3]
This constituency will elect its first ever representative at the 2012 French legislative election.
Five candidates are known at present.
The Union for a Popular Movement initially chose Minister of Industry Éric Besson as its candidate. A former Socialist MP, Besson joined the UPM in 2007 and was appointed to President Nicolas Sarkozy's government.[4] In December 2011, however, the party announced that Laurence Sailliet, its national secretary for the Iberian peninsula, would be its candidate.[5]
The Socialist Party has chosen Arnaud Leroy, a resident of Lisbon. He works for the European Maritime Safety Agency, as an expert on environmental protection and climate change. Formerly a member of The Greens, he joined the Socialist Party, stating that political ecology should become a central issue in the renovation of social-democratic ideas. His deputy (suppléante) is Soledad Margareto, a resident of Madrid.[6]
Europe Écologie–The Greens has chosen Carolina Punset, with Stéphane Etcheverry as her deputy (suppléant).[7] A resident of Altea, in Spain, Punset is a municipal councillor in her home town.[8]
The French Communist Party has said it will have a candidate in every constituency for overseas residents, but has yet to name them.[9]
The Radical Party (centre-right) and the Republican, Ecologist and Social Alliance (centrist) have jointly chosen Richard Onses, a resident of Barcelona, as their candidate. He is also a member of the centre-right Catalonian party Convergence and Union.[10]
Bernard Soulier, an economist and resident of Madrid, is standing as an independent candidate.[11]
| Legislative Election 2012: Overseas residents 5 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| PS | Arnaud Leroy | ||||
| Radical | Richard Onses | ||||
| EELV | Carolina Punset | ||||
| UMP | Laurence Sailliet | ||||
| Independent | Bernard Soulier | ||||
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